POCKET

Rainie Themer

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WHAT IS POCKET?

Organizational application

Allows you to save articles, videos, and images and view them later

Compatible for all devices (laptop, smart phones, tablets)

Can view library without internet

HOW DOES POCKET WORK?

WAYS TO SAVE: SMARTPHONE OR TABLET

Download Pocket App

Find article, video, or image to view later

Share to pocket through phone’s or tablet’s sharing capabilities

WAYS TO SAVE: COMPUTER

Add Pocket Button or Bookmarklet to toolbar

Find article, video, or image to view later

Click Pocket Button or Bookmarklet to automatically add item to Pocket library

WAYS TO SAVE: EMAIL

Email articles, videos, or images to your Pocket account

Email link from account you’ve registered pocket with to add@getpocket.com

Link must be in body of email

Can only have one link per email

OTHER SAVING FEATURES

Can send from multiple email accounts. Must register each email through Pocket.

Can Share with Friends. Click “share with

friends” and enter friend’s email

Friend will receive a notification and can choose to add article to Pocket

WAYS TO ORGANIZE

Categorize articles, videos, and images through tags

Filter searches by searching tags

Filter searches by searching by type (article, video, image)

POCKET LIMITATIONS

Cannot save articles through library databases to view later due to proxy

Cannot save PDFs, format is not compatible with Pocket

HOW CAN STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM POCKET?

Allows students to collect web resources for educational projects and view them later

Can add resources at any time due to multiple platform capabilities

Tags can help students stay organized The “Share with a Friend” feature can be

beneficial to students working on group projects who want to share articles with their partners

www.getpocket.com

QUESTIONS?